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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
Examples
Wans opan a taim woz Breda Taiga
an
Sista Nansi.
Wans
once
opan
upon
a
art
.
indf
taim
time
woz
cop
.
pst
Breda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
an
and
Sista
Sister
Nansi.
Anansi
Once upon a time there were Brother Tiger and Sister Anansi.
See
nd
A big ship kiem in [...] an di kaptin
wi
evibadi waz der.
A
art
.
indf
big
big
ship
ship
kiem
come.
pst
in
in
[...]
[...]
an
and
di
art
.
def
kaptin
captain
wi
with
evi-badi
every-body
waz
cop
.
pst
der.
dem
.
loc
A big ship came in [...] and the captain and everybody was there.
See
Holm 1978
: 291
Dis iz a likl intorvyu
wid
Miss G., in haar niebahud.
Dis
dem
iz
cop
.
prs
a
art
.
indf
likl
little
intorvyu
interview
wid
com
Miss
Miss
G.,
G.
in
in
haar
3sg
.
poss
.
f
nieba-hud.
neighbour-hood
This is a small interview with Miss G., in her own neighbourhood.
See
nd
Ai kud sit doun wid di uol piipl an taak
wid
dem.
Ai
1sg
kud
could
sit
sit
doun
down
wid
com
di
art
.
def
uol
old
piipl
people
an
and
taak
talk
wid
com
dem.
3pl
I could sit down with the old people and talk with them.
See
nd
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